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Electric-vehicle owners often feel "range anxiety," even as mileage numbers have improved dramatically over the past 15 years. Here are some ways for owners to optimize their range.
Electric cars need to be charged, and compared to petrol pumps, public chargers are fewer in number and need a longer stop to do their jobs. But concerns about electric cars running out of charge ...
The Nissan Leaf has a United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rated range of 73 mi (117 km). Range anxiety is the driver's fear that a vehicle has insufficient energy storage (fuel and/or battery capacity) to cover the road distance needed to reach its intended destination, and would thus strand the vehicle's occupants mid-way.
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A prototype AC Propulsion tzero electric car with an external range-extender or genset trailer, 1999. A range extender is a fuel-based auxiliary power unit (APU) that extends the range of a battery electric vehicle by driving an electric generator that charges the vehicle's battery.
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Blink Charging CEO explains how the bipartisan infrastructure spending will help alleviate range anxiety and spur the mass adoption of electric vehicles.
According to rules adopted in March 2012 by CARB, the 2014 BMW i3 with a REx unit fitted is the first car ever to qualify as a range-extended battery-electric vehicle or "BEVx". CARB describes this type of electric vehicle as "a relatively high-electric range battery-electric vehicle (BEV) to which an APU is added."